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Definition of Essay

• (n.) An effort made, or exertion of body or mind, for the performance of anything; a trial; attempt; as, to make an essay to benefit a friend.
• (n.) A composition treating of any particular subject; -- usually shorter and less methodical than a formal, finished treatise; as, an essay on the life and writings of Homer; an essay on fossils, or on commerce.
• (n.) An assay. See Assay, n.
• (n.) To exert one's power or faculties upon; to make an effort to perform; to attempt; to endeavor; to make experiment or trial of; to try.
• (n.) To test the value and purity of (metals); to assay. See Assay.

Synonyms of Essay

• Attempt
• Examine
• Search
• Stress
• Adjudicate
• Strain
• Seek
• Look For
• Assay
• Try Out
• Try
• Prove
• Test
• Try On
• Taste
• Hear
• Set About
• Undertake
• Sample
• Judge
• Render
• Audition
• Rise
• Analyze
• Leaven
• Show
• Testify
• Establish
• Evidence
• Study
• See
• Probe
• Quiz
• Raise
• Shew
• Screen
• Turn Out
• Demonstrate
• Turn Up
• Experiment
• Analyse
• Canvass
• Canvas
• Bear Witness
• Endeavor
• Strive
• Act
• Move

Antonyms of Essay

• Abandon
• Give Up
• Omit
• Throw Away
• Dismiss
• Let Go
• Overlook
• Throw Over
• Drop
• Neglect
• Pass By
• Throw Up

Homophones of Essay